Short Barrels v/s Long Barrels (Accuracy)

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Re: Short Barrels v/s Long Barrels (Accuracy)

Post by bigpete » 23 Jan 2020, 7:37 pm

It goes back what I said earlier about iron sights....if you are going to stick with them on the Henry,then the longer barrel will technically be easier to shoot accurately. Plus it will hold more ammo in the tube mag....
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Re: Short Barrels v/s Long Barrels (Accuracy)

Post by TheFirearmEnthusiast » 23 Jan 2020, 7:39 pm

Are you happy with your Henry Lever Action BladeRacer?
Is it in .22LR
And would you say it's "accurate enough" or?
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Re: Short Barrels v/s Long Barrels (Accuracy)

Post by TheFirearmEnthusiast » 23 Jan 2020, 7:42 pm

BigPete;
I agree with you
That makes complete sense
100%
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Re: Short Barrels v/s Long Barrels (Accuracy)

Post by bladeracer » 23 Jan 2020, 7:49 pm

TheFirearmEnthusiast wrote:But I did hear that the Henry Lever Actions in .22LR aren't the most accurate..
(I'm not sure if that's true or not but it is what I heard)

So, if you guys recommend any lever actions in .22LR that shoots very accurately for under $1,000

I'm keen as to hear about it!
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The mechanism of the lever-action generally works against precision shooting, though modern rotating-bolt, box-magazine rifles address that quite well, in centrefire.
Scoped off the bench, my Henry is good for around 2.5MoA for fifteen rounds at 100m, my Norinco JW21 is good for 2MoA, not a lot in it, but the JW21 is more accurate for me. But I normally shoot them both with Williams peep sights, with which both give me around the 4-5MoA (120mm to 150mm) mark off the bench at 100m. That's more indicative of my eyesight than either rifle though, testing with a scope is a better indicator of a rifle's abiity.
The JW21 is a licence-built Chinese copy of the Winchester 9422, which is no longer made.
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Re: Short Barrels v/s Long Barrels (Accuracy)

Post by bladeracer » 23 Jan 2020, 7:57 pm

TheFirearmEnthusiast wrote:Are you happy with your Henry Lever Action BladeRacer?
Is it in .22LR
And would you say it's "accurate enough" or?
:)


I would say that overall I'm happy enough with the Henry, for the price it's a fun little rifle.
But it did disappoint me greatly because I actually only bought it to "step up a notch" from my Norinco JW21. The JW21 shoots better, is put together better, and is just more enjoyable to shoot - for me. The JW21 is also an excellent break-down rifle that easily fits inside a pack with no modification, although a 16" barrel would be much better than the 20". Both rifles cost me $550 new when I bought them. The Henry has very nicely finished parts, metal and wood, but they're fitted together poorly in my opinion. The butt stock and the forend both move due to poor fitting.
I think the Henry feed system is a better design over the Winchester though.
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Re: Short Barrels v/s Long Barrels (Accuracy)

Post by SCJ429 » 23 Jan 2020, 8:18 pm

Personally I would not buy a Tikka or a CZ because they won't do anything that your Ruger cannot do. But it is your money so fill your boots.

Please shoot a Henry lever before you commit to buy one. The lever action rifles that are fun and cheap to shoot are also in pistol calibers like 357 or 44 Mag. You could use these in cowboy action competitions.

Browning make a BL22 which may be a little better than the Henry.
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Re: Short Barrels v/s Long Barrels (Accuracy)

Post by in2anity » 23 Jan 2020, 9:38 pm

One step at a time Lad. Get your Ruger. Shoot your Ruger. A lot. Perhaps shoot some comp with your Ruger. Perhaps 200m fly - that’s a hoot. Then take it from there. One step at a time. You might be ready to step up to centerfire at that point - perhaps a 223 or a 222. Then go shoot your Ruger some more :P
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Re: Short Barrels v/s Long Barrels (Accuracy)

Post by rc42 » 23 Jan 2020, 11:02 pm

Take a look at olympic grade 22LR target rifles from Grunig, Bleiker, Waltlher, Feinwerkbau, Anschutz etc, barrels are generally the same dimensions, heavy bull types and about 26" in length with additional sight extension tubes on the end. This is where the best accuracy can be found although for most people a 16" barrel will be just as good as it won't be the limiting factor. (look in a mirror to find that)

If you want to take part in competitive 50m shooting then guns (well mostly the stocks) also differ between prone (including 3 position) and benchrest so know what you want to do, also many target ranges only allow single load rifles so no magazines (this is actually an ISSF rule for prone/3 position)

Second hand might be a good option, check out places like Target Rifle South Australia, they usually have old club guns for sale which a still very servicable and accurate.
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Re: Short Barrels v/s Long Barrels (Accuracy)

Post by WookyMysta » 24 Jun 2020, 8:25 pm

bladeracer wrote:
SCJ429 wrote:Why are you not using your Ruger to do this shooting? Why would you buy a second rimfire to do this?

What sort of accuracy are you getting from this rifle? Why would you want to try and hit targets at 500 metres with a rimfire? Are you able to hit targets currently at 200 metres?


I don't think anybody needs a reason to want more than one of anything.

Hitting targets at long ranges is just as much fun with a .22LR as a centrefire, just at half the distances, and probably teaches you more.
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